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United States of America et al v. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority

  1. November 15, 2018

    DOJ Cuts Deal With Hospital In Patient-Steering Suit

    The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday it has struck a deal with a North Carolina hospital system in the department's suit alleging the health care network used its stronghold in the local market to keep major health insurers from informing patients about lower-cost hospitals.

  2. March 30, 2017

    DOJ Patient-Steering Suit Survives Hospital Attack

    A North Carolina federal judge on Thursday kept alive a U.S. Department of Justice complaint targeting a hospital system's efforts to stop insurers from steering patients to lower-cost providers, saying the first-of-its-kind suit alleges plausible antitrust violations.

  3. October 25, 2016

    Hospital Twisting AmEx Ruling In Steering Suit, DOJ Says

    Carolinas HealthCare System is misconstruing the Second Circuit's recent American Express decision in hopes of quickly escaping an antitrust challenge to its restrictions on steering of patients to lower-cost hospitals, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.

  4. October 12, 2016

    AmEx Ruling 'Major Blow' To DOJ Patient Suit, Hospital Says

    Carolinas HealthCare System on Wednesday expanded its attack on a U.S. Department of Justice suit targeting restrictions on patient steering, saying the suit suffered "a major blow" when the Second Circuit recently shielded similar restrictions used by American Express Co.

  5. September 27, 2016

    DOJ Loss In AmEx Case Could Imperil Hospital Steering Suit

    The U.S. Department of Justice has touted the similarities between its antitrust cases against American Express and a North Carolina hospital system, but that comparison could come back to haunt it now that the Second Circuit has found that AmEx's anti-steering rules are not anti-competitive.

  6. September 22, 2016

    Carolinas HealthCare Scoffs At DOJ Antitrust Suit

    Carolinas HealthCare System on Wednesday derided a novel antitrust suit from the U.S. Department of Justice, saying the government hasn't shown how competition suffered when the hospital chain prevented major health insurers from steering patients to rival hospitals.

  7. August 31, 2016

    Feds, NC Defend Carolinas HealthCare Patient-Steering Suit

    The United States and North Carolina on Wednesday defended their federal antitrust lawsuit against Carolinas HealthCare System, arguing the hospital's agreements with insurers preventing the insurers from steering patients to lower-cost hospitals "effectively shields" it "from having to compete on price and quality with its rivals."

  8. August 09, 2016

    Carolinas HealthCare Slams DOJ's Patient-Steering Suit

    Carolinas HealthCare System on Monday took issue with a first-of-its-kind antitrust complaint from the U.S. Department of Justice, saying there is no evidence that Carolinas improperly prevented insurers from steering patients to lower-cost hospitals.

  9. June 10, 2016

    5 Questions To Watch As DOJ Targets Carolinas HealthCare

    The U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust suit against Carolinas HealthCare System will test the extent to which dominant hospital chains can control where patients get treatment, an issue with major implications for cost-cutting efforts, experts say. Here are key questions to watch as the case proceeds.

  10. June 09, 2016

    DOJ, NC Sue Hospital Giant Over Patient Steering Restraints

    The U.S. Department of Justice and North Carolina on Thursday sued Carolinas HealthCare System for allegedly using its dominant market power to prevent Aetna, Cigna and other major health insurers from steering patients to lower-cost hospitals.

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